There are times when I think about how we as people can’t help but change the world around us. It’s like we can’t help but interpret the earth around us, even if that means altering it. Our generation is not the first to do this:

ISO 800 50mm f/10 1/1250 sec

When you walk around Stonehenge you can’t help but wondering why people did this. There are no shortage of theories, but not a whole lot of definitive answers either. That makes it more intriguing, but even if we had all the answers I think this site would still be awe inspiring.

Stonehenge is currently administered by English Heritage, and while there are a few different ways you can visit, we were in the area by car and did use the walking audio tour. For this photo, I used my Canon 50D and took several shots with the thought of stitching them together in Photoshop to create the panorama you see above. The main thing to keep in mind is to attempt to shoot as level as possible. The first version of the panorama had some people in it. I removed them using the healing brush and the Edit-Fill-Content Aware features of Photoshop. I also did a white balance correction using the eyedropper in Levels, and sharpened the photo. I am adding my Flickr version below that you can click on to see a larger version:

Do you ever find yourself wondering about how the landscape has changed over the generations? or why people do the things they do? How do you like my panorama, do you think I did a good job removing the people? Feel free to leave a comment below.